Front Design:
A montage of the three sports which form the triathlon, with the London 2012 logo above and the denomination, "50 PENCE", below.
Obverse Design:
Queen Elizabeth II portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS
More about the Triathlon 50p
The Olympic Triathlon consists of 1.5km swimming, 40km cycling and 10km running all completed consecutively. The sport made its debut at the Syndey Games in 2000, and Alistair Brownlee won Britain's first ever gold in the event at the 2012 games.
Triathlon 50 Pence Fifty Pence Olympics 2011 - CIRCULATED
Issued 2011 Diameter 27.30mm Weight 8.00g Thickness 1.78mm Composition Cupro-nickel
(75% copper, 25%
nickel)Obverse Designer Portrait of Her Majesty the Queen
- Ian Rank-Broadley FRBSReverse Designer Sarah Harvey Edge Plain Mintage Condition: CIRCULATED